Simultaneous three-wavelength operation of a coupled-cavity laser containing two gain elements

✍ Scribed by Richard Scheps; Joseph F. Myers

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1994
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 1007 KB
• Volume: 3
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0925-3467
• DOI: 10.1016/0925-3467(94)90016-7

✦ Synopsis

A cw, dual-wavelength laser is described in which two separate gain elements are aligned in a coupled cavity configuration. The laser produced simultaneous emission at 806 nm and 1.06 ~tm,and sum frequency generation at 459 nm was demonstrated using an intracavity KTP crystal. Over 145 mW was generated in a TEMmode at 459 nm. The 459 nm linewidth was 0.03 nm and the output was tunable from 457 to 460 nm. The optical conversion efficiency was 33% based on the output power of the two fundamentals.